Pair of fundraising badges : South Australian Soldiers Home League Inc Myrtle Bank 1919 Accession Number: REL34057

Description

Pair of round badges with brass pin mounting, each depicting an Australian soldier and sailor smiling from a large porthole under the legend 'Coming Home'. The words 'SA SOLDIERS' HOME LEAGUE INC / MYRTLE BANK 1919' appear around the circumference.

Contextual Description

Fundraising badges sold in Adelaide every Friday, on ‘Badge Day’ from 1916 to 1919 by Mrs Annie Roberts of St Peters, grandmother of Barry John Roberts (see REL34054, 34055, 34056). The badges were sold in support of homes for repatriated soldiers, and specifically the War Veterans Home still extant on the Myrtle Bank site in Adelaide, which served as a Repatriation Hospital during the First World War from March 1917.

Details

Accession Number
REL34057
Maker
Classification
Heraldry
Object Type
Badge
Physical Description
Material: Brass
Material: Celluloid
Material: Paper
Material: Tin
Measurement
Overall: x x 4 mm x 45 mm
Date Made
1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright not applicable

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